A poem by Eric Duncan about the seasonal weather and salmon spawning on Vancouver Island titled "November in Vancouver Island". Duncan was born on the Shetland Islands. He moved to Comox, British Columbia in 1877, and worked there as a farmer and storekeeper.

In Collection:

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Duncan, Eric, 1858-1944

Subject

• Authors
• Poets
• Poets, Canadian
• Canadian poetry
• Canadian literature

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1880 to 1930

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 page ; 25 x 20 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Vancouver Island

Coordinates

• 49.65064, -125.44939

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• 19th Century Literature Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• poetry

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2005-033

Fonds title

• Eric Duncan fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC138

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/eric-duncan-fonds

Date digitized

• July 15, 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus (600 dpi no correction) as TIF file. 60% image reduction. Scanned by MT. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/f8zx-xk96

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